Episode 6 · 24 min
The episode to hear before you turn twenty
A letter to beginners, read aloud. Five things that matter in your first year of working for yourself — and five that never will.
About this episode
Our shortest episode and our most replayed. June reads the letter she wishes someone had handed her at nineteen: about portfolios nobody checks, rates nobody respects until you do, and the myth of being “ready”.
Theo adds the postscript — what he would un-learn if he could start again. Parents, teachers and mentors: this is the one to forward to the beginner in your life.
Takeaways
Three things worth writing down
01
Done beats ready
Nobody feels ready at nineteen. Publish the small thing anyway; readiness arrives around attempt ten.
02
Charge like it matters
Free work teaches clients your time is free. A modest price teaches everyone — including you — otherwise.
03
Keep one ritual
A walk, a notebook, a weekly review. When everything else wobbles, the ritual holds the year together.
You don't need permission to begin. You need a beginning to get permission.
— June Park, Episode 6
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